linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/17] arch/arm/common: Add missing spin_unlock

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Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 19:43:58 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/17] arch/arm/common: Add missing
	spin_unlock_irqrestore

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 07:07:06PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Why are "readl"s protected by spinlock anyway ? Can't we just move the locking 
> past the code above ?

Good question - and there seems to be a deadlock waiting to happen -
sa1111_wake() re-takes the same lock.

I think we should kill all the spinlock in sa1111_resume().
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